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Title: Japanese American collection
Date (inclusive): 1905-2006, undated
Collection Number: MS 151
Extent:
1.67 linear feet
(2 boxes, 5 flat file folders)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection primarily contains transcripts, audio cassettes, and other material pertaining to the Japanese American Cultural
and Community Center (JACCC) EO 9066 Project. Also includes material pertaining to Japanese American life in Riverside, California
and the Inland Empire.
Languages: The collection is primarily in English with a handful of items in Japanese.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Japanese American collection (MS 151). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown
This collection primarily contains transcripts, audio cassettes, and other material pertaining to the Japanese American Cultural
and Community Center (JACCC) Executive Order 9066 Project. Also includes material pertaining to Japanese American art, entertainment,
and culture as well as Japanese American life in Riverside, California and the Inland Empire. The transcripts in Series 1
include notes identifying which "assembly centers" and/or concentration camps are discussed in the interviews.
Terminology used in this finding aid referring to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World
War II is drawn from the community created guidelines for description. See
https://densho.org/ for further reading on the topic.
See also the
Fujimoto family diaries for more material related to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Japanese Americans
Riverside (Calif.)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Exclusion and incarceration, 1942-1945
Santa Anita assembly center
Gila River Concentration Camp
Granada (aka Amache) Concentration Camp
Heart Mountain concentration camp
Jerome Concentration Camp
Manzanar concentration camp
Poston Concentration Camp
Rohwer Concentration Camp
Topaz Concentration Camp
Art and music
Theater
Audiocassettes
Oral histories
Transcripts